Notification of weight and / or speed limits on bridges

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Heavy Motor Vehicle Regulations 1974, Regulation II

Notice is hereby given that pursuant to regulation 11 (3) of the Heavy Motor Vehicle Regulations 1974, the Whangarei District Council has fixed the following maximum mass and speed limits for heavy motor vehicles and combinations including a heavy motor vehicle on the bridges described hereunder:


Thompson Road

Bridge No: 129

Location: 80m from Mangapai Road

Maximum weight on any one axle: 7300 kg

Gross mass (maximum sum of axle mass): 80% Class 1

Maximum speed limit: (Nil)


Hayward Road

Bridge No: 131

Location: 460m from Mangapai Road

Maximum weight on any one axle: 7300 kg

Gross mass (maximum sum of axle mass): 80% Class 1

Maximum speed limit: (Nil)


Old Tokatoka Road

Bridge No: 150

Location: 170m from Waiotira Road

Maximum weight on any one axle: 7300 kg

Gross mass (maximum sum of axle mass): 80% Class 1

Maximum speed limit: (Nil)


Gillingham Road

Bridge No: 395

Location: 870m from Corks Road

Maximum weight on any one axle: 7000 kg

Gross mass (maximum sum of axle mass): 70% Class 1

Maximum speed limit: 30 km/h


Timperly Road

Bridge No: 548

Location: 75m from Whangarei Heads Road

Maximum weight on any one axle: 5000 kg

Gross mass (maximum sum of axle mass): (Nil)

Maximum speed limit: (Nil)


Wilsons Road

Bridge No: 248

Location: 970m from SH15

Maximum weight on any one axle: (Nil)

Gross mass (maximum sum of axle mass): 44,000 kg

Maximum speed limit: (Nil)


Millbrook Road

Bridge No: 78

Location: 760m from HS1N

Maximum weight on any one axle: (Nil)

Gross mass (maximum sum of axle mass): 44,000 kg

Maximum speed limit: (Nil)


Attention is drawn to the applicable penalties and infringement fees set out in Schedule 1A or Part 3 of Schedule 1B of the Land Transport (Offences and Penalties) Regulations 1999, which apply to infringements of these limits.

S Weston
Chief Executive
August 2022